The capability to produce a daily count over a large nation is a proof of the functioning existence of a large, distributed infrastructural system which moves around test samples and reagents, coordinates clinical staff + remote techs, and has unimpeded internal information flow.
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All three of those data points are available from official services, but those data points are not as widely understood as the count is by analysts, policy makers, and others.
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“Explain that rationing.” Suppose that getting access to testing takes a clinician 15 minutes one week but 30 the next. Their rational response is to not conduct discretionary bubble tests (“Probably a waste of time anyhow.”) but still conduct tests for severely ill patients.
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From a provision of care perspective, the person with bilateral pneumonia and severe difficulty breathing needs clinical effort more than someone who came in with a high fever. From an information theory perspective, a test on first patient gives you less new info than second.
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